Mariners Game #154 Preview: 9/20/24, SEA at TEX

oh boy, deGrom again

How fun and fortunate that the Mariners get to face Jacob deGrom, released from his draconian pitch count, and the Texas Rangers again? So soon? The Mariners are given just 40% odds to win tonight, which hopefully will piss George Kirby—always strong against the Texas teams—off enough to maybe hold things down long enough for the hitters to get past deGrom’s pitch limit, suspected to be around 80.

Lineups:

News:

The Mariners won’t have Gerson Garabito to kick around anymore:

Game information:

Game time: 5:05 PT

TV: ROOT Sports NW, with Dave Sims and Ryan Rowland-Smith

Radio: 710 AM Seattle Sports, with Rick Rizzs and Aaron Goldsmith

Today in Mariners history:

• 1986 - Mike Trujillo, in his second start, threw the second one-hitter in Mariners history, topping Kansas City, 3-0. Trujillo allowed only a first inning single to Jamie Quirk, and retired 25 of the final 27 batters.
• 1995 - Andy Benes completes the three game sweep vs. Texas 11-2. It was already Benes’ sixth win as a Mariner, after being acquired at the July 31 trade deadline.
• 1996 - The Mariners set a new club mark with their tenth straight win, 9-2 vs. Oakland. Seattle hit five HRs in the game including back-to-back-to-back homers by Alex Rodriguez, Ken Griffey Jr. and Edgar Martinez.
• 2000 - Team completes first ever-perfect road trip; going 6-0 against Baltimore and Tampa Bay and cap off a season-high eight wins in a row. Kazuhiro Sasaki gets his 34^th save, setting a new team record.
• 2015 - Félix Hernández picked up his 18th win of the season and Robinson Canó and Franklin Gutierrez each homered as the Mariners took the series at Texas with a 9-2 win.
• 2019 – Kyle Lewis collects his 6^th home run during a game at Baltimore’s Camden Yards in what is his 10^th career game, becoming the first player in MLB history to record 6 home runs in his first 10 games.